# The Lab

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## Introduction

Many of us, as hackers, programmers, scientists, competitive beat-boxers, or what have you,  champion the principle (and Sisyphean task) of quenching a seemingly infinite *thirst* that's brought about by our unending and undying curiosity and borderline *clinical* yearning for answers at the core of our ethos. Perhaps some of us are more cosmological/existential in this regard, while others are more "grounded" in understanding the world and its many machinations. Naturally, this leads many of us (*sane* individuals, might I add) to delve extremely deep into things and devote an unhealthy amount of our time and energy to understanding them completely at the risk of being mildly/uncomfortably restless.

After a night of heavy drinking, quantifiably horrible/disgusting financial decisions and rolling a NAT 1 on every single persuasion check against my better judgement, I now have an IoT/hardware-hacking workstation in my gamer dungeon that I need to start utilizing to justify having bought it and the components that rest/collect dust on it. I'll share what I have since after doing a bit of research, it seems like these are the de facto tools, components, and software required for hardware/IoT hacking.&#x20;

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Please remember that for everything I've shown, there are cheaper and more expensive alternatives which you ought to research so that you have the tool(s) that best fit your circumstance(s) and budget. Also, please remember that "more expensive" doesn't always necessarily translate to "better." Especially with an expensive hobby like electronics, you really need to do your due diligence because you might be able to save yourself a considerable amount of money.&#x20;

Further, make sure you don't get super cheap components/tools either since they can damage your components or just game-end themselves arbitrarily as well. Truly, shopping for this hobby is its own skill that an entire course can be made for, but the following tools haven't failed me yet. Remember, with all things in the real world and the impacts therein, your mileage may vary.
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## Tools

### Multimeter

### Oscilloscope&#x20;

### Logic Analyzer&#x20;

### SOP8 Clip  & EEPROM Programmer

### USB to TTL/UART

### Soldering Iron&#x20;

### Wires & Clips

## Software

## Target Practice&#x20;


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